Chevrolet produced a little over 1 million full-size cars in 1968, and needless to say, the Impala continued to be ... rolled off the assembly lines with SS 396 tags. The Super Sport package ...

But in 1967, Chevrolet created the SS 427 sub-series that gave the Impala SS the same supercar treatment that the Malibu received with the Chevelle SS 396 ... The 1968 SS 427 continued with ...

The Super Sport option was still available, though, and the 396 or 427 Rat was still ... picked up the black 1968 SS 427/385-hp Impala at the Barrett-Jackson auction, and the car is exactly ...

Just like the Chevelle SS 396, the SS 427 package for the 1967 ... for some reason it was missing in 1967 (although it returned for 1968). Only 2,124 Impala SS sport coupes and convertibles ...

To answer your question, a total of 365,800 1968 Chevelle 300s and Malibus were produced and another 60,499 SS 396 coupes and 2,286 SS 396 Convertibles were assembled. When you add all this up ...

The 1963 Impala 427 Z-11 aluminum front-end drag ... the numbers really get small. But this 1968 aluminum head 396 Camaro convertible is one of only two known to exist. The pricey aluminum big ...

Then in 1967 and 1968, they came in 325, 350 and 375 dress. In collector car circles, if any Chevelle SS has the 396/375, it is worth more than its lower horsepower siblings. Coded as an L78 ...

Thus, the 1968 SS Convertible at 2,286 is the rarest of them all during the first three years (66-67-68) of Chevelle SS396 mass production. (I specify mass production for a reason. Please stay tuned).